The presidential election has
come and gone, but the outcome is still there with us. I am concerned with the
mannerism of celebration which is wild, unthoughtful and belated. For the records,
I am not against celebrations, nor am I against loud celebrations, but any
celebration which costs the lives of Nigerians is not worth celebrating.
After the announcement of the
results by the Jega-led Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), there
was wild jubilation all over Nigeria, especially in the Northern Part of
Nigeria and APC controlled states. Yes, there got to be celebrations! But, a situation
whereby scores of Nigerians have to lose their lives in celebrating just a win
in an election is seriously uncalled for. It should be resisted with vehemence.
The lives of Nigerians are worth more than dying-in-celebration.
The problem with this trend of
celebration when a party wins an election is that after two or three years of
the party bring in power, the people discover that the new administration has
nothing or little to offer and as such, they start clamoring for change. This was
the case when Buhari overthrew Shagari, when Abacha died and at every change of
government in Nigeria.
My point here is that the
celebration should be with caution! We must wait and see the achievements of a
new government before we roll our drums. This will save us the pains and the strength
of clamoring for change midway into the tenure of the government and save
precious lives!!!
I still insist that Nigerian
lives are precious and not worth ending unnecessarily, no matter what!!!
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